McLean County Times

There were 157 white students enrolled in Odell Community Consolidated School District 435 in the 2021-22 school year, 19.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Odell Community Consolidated School District 435 welcomed 158 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 96.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Odell Community Consolidated School District 435 roughly covers schools within Livingston County and has a main office in Odell.

Odell Grade School is the only one school in the Odell Community Consolidated School District 435 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 157 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	162	157	96.9%
2021	136	131	96.3%
2020	146	142	97.3%
2019	148	140	94.6%
2018	158	154	97.5%